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Space News August 4, 2014

Rosetta takes comet’s temperature

ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has made its first temperature measurements of its target comet, finding that it is too hot to be covered in ice and…

Space News July 30, 2014

Last ATV lifts off to supply the Space Station

The fifth and final mission of ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle got off to a flying start today with its launch from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

Space News July 23, 2014

ATV-5: loaded and locked

ESA’s fifth Automated Transfer Vehicle is now scheduled for launch to the International Space Station at 23:44 GMT on 29 July (01:44 CEST 30 July)…

Space News May 28, 2014

Probing satellites’ mysterious death tumbling

Down on the ground, death equals stillness – but not in space. Derelict satellites can tumble in unpredictable ways and ESA’s team tasked with developing…

Space News April 22, 2014

ESA’s weightless plants fly on a Dragon

It is a race against time for ESA’s Gravi-2 experiment following launch last Friday on the Dragon space ferry. Stowed in Dragon’s cargo are lentil…

Space News March 17, 2014

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will fly to the International Space Station in 2016

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been assigned to a long-duration mission on the International Space Station, it was announced today. The assignment of the French-born…

General Aviation News, Space News March 12, 2014

ESA to certify first Galileo position fixes worldwide

To mark the first anniversary of Galileo’s historic first satnav positioning measurement, ESA plans to award certificates to groups who picked up signals from the…

General Aviation News, Space News February 10, 2014

Galileo works, and works well

The in-orbit validation of Galileo has been achieved: Europe now has the operational nucleus of its own satellite navigation constellation in place – the world’s…

Space News January 31, 2014

Thales Alenia Space delivers third PCM cargo module to Orbital Sciences Corporation for Cygnus

Thales Alenia Space has delivered its third Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft that will…

Space News November 22, 2013

Three ESA Satellites to Study Magnetic Field Launched From Russia

Three European Space Agency satellites designed to study Earth’s magnetic field were launched Friday aboard a Rokot carrier from a space center in northern Russia….

Space News October 23, 2013

Last command sent to ESA’s Planck space telescope

ESA’s Planck space telescope has been turned off after nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution…

Space News October 16, 2013

Astrium awarded three new contracts by ESA for Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME launchers

€106 million contract for continued development of the Ariane 5 ME €278 million contract for continued development of elements common to the Ariane 5 ME…

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